3 Reasons Why Exercise Alone Cannot Correct Posture
01 Errors in the Brain's Body Map (Sensory Perception System)
- Storing incorrect states: After spending years slouching, the brain remembers the twisted state as the "safe and normal state."
- Resetting to bad posture: Even if you maintain a good posture during exercise, the brain feels uncomfortable and reverts to the original, "comfortable" posture immediately after exercising. Brain re-education is essential before building muscle.
02 Locked Joints and Compensatory Actions
- Limited Range of Motion: If joints are stiff, our body uses tricks to perform specific movements.
- Side effects of compensatory actions: When trying to straighten the back, if it doesn't extend, the body compensates by bending the lower back, which only causes unnecessary lower back pain.
- Alignment priority: Working out blindly without first aligning the joints can actually be poisonous to the body.
03 The Master Key to Full-Body Alignment: Head Position
- Shifting of the head's center of gravity: Due to facial asymmetry or TMJ issues, if the center of the headโwhich weighs about 5kgโshifts forward by even 1cm, the entire body constantly creates twists to avoid collapsing.
- Vertical alignment of the face and cervical spine: If the head, which is the top rather than the root, cannot find its center, even pelvic correction or lower body exercises will end up collapsing again.
04 The Solution: Mindless Sweating vs. Cognitive Correction Training
โ Simple Strength Training
A method of building strength while keeping the flawed blueprint intact. Since the brain cannot perceive the correct posture, it's like pouring water into a bottomless pit.
โญ Cognitive Correction Training
This is a brain re-education process where you press your back against a wall and move only your shoulder blades to imprint independent movement for each part, and find the correct posture through proprioception with your eyes closed.
This was Shin Jeong-min, Representative Doctor of Ulfit Korean Medicine Clinic, dedicated to finding your true face and bringing you health.
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